Water-jet attachment for soda-water apparatus



(No Model.)

v J. BROWN 82; J. H. SHEPHERD. WATER JET ATTAOHMENT FOR SODA WATERAPPARATUS.

No. 306,054. Patented 001;. 7, 1884.

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JOHN BROWN, OF MEDFOBD, AND JOSEPH H. SHEPHERD, OF AUBURNDALE, ASSIGNORSTO JAMES W. 'IUFTS, OF MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

WATER-JET ATTACHMENT FOR SODA-WATER APPARATUS.

5PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,054, dated October7, 1884.

Application filed March 17, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN BROWN, of Medford, in the county of Middlesexand State of Massachusetts, and J OSEPH H. SHEPHERD, of Auburndale, inthe county and State aforesaid, citizens of the United States, haveinvented certain Improvements in ater-Jet Attachments for Soda-\VaterApparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makingpart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa water-j et attachment for soda-water apparatus having our improvementsapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the center of thesame. Fig. 3 is a plan of the under side of the water-wheel.

It is frequently the custom to place upon the top of the marble casingof a soda-water apparatus a glass globe or cylindrical casing havingWithin it a pipe or nozzle from which is projected a jet of wateragainst the inside of the glass for the purpose of attracting attentionto the apparatus, and thereby increasing the sale of the beveragedispensed therefrom.

Our invention relates to a water-jet attachment of this description, andhas for its object to attract greater attention to the apparatus thancan be effected by the jet of water alone.

To this end our invention consists in the combination, with the glassglobe or casing of such an attachment, of a bell which is adapted to berung by mechanism actuated by the jet of water within the globe orcasing; and our invention also consists in certain details ofconstruction and combinations of parts, as hereinc, which passes throughan aperture, 5, in the glass, and nuts (1 e,which are turned upon thescrew above and below the glass, a washer or is suspended a bell, G, thespring-wire arm 71.

of the hammer i of which is bent .in the form shown, and secured at itslower end to the bottom of the strip D. This arm h is vibrated rapidly,to produce a continuous ringing of the bell, by the action thereon of ahorizontal cam, H, secured to the upper end of a vertical shaft, k,which extends down through the hollow screw 0, and has secured to itslower extremity a fan-wheel or disk, I, provided on its under side withflanges or buckets m, against which impinges the stream orjet of waterprojected up from the nozzle of the pipe 1;, whereby the water-wheel Iis rapidly rotated, and the cam H caused to alternately press back andrelease the spring-arm h, the hammer t at the end of which is thuscaused to deliver its blows in rapid succession upon the bell G.

The pipe I) is preferably inclined slightly to one side to cause thestream of water to strike the buckets of the water-wheel I at an angle,whereby better results are obtained.

\Vhat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In a water-jet attachment for soda-water apparatus, the combination,with the globe or casing, of a bell operated by mechanism actuated by ajet or stream of water within the said globe orv casing, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a water-jet attachment for soda-water apparatus, thecombination,with the g obe or casing, of a bell, mechanism,substantially as described, for vibrating its ham-merarm, and a flanged.disk or water-wheel connected with said mechanism and rotated by a jetor stream of water within the globe or casing, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

8. In a water-jetattachment for soda-water apparatus, thecombination,with the globe or casing A, of the bell G, spring-arm h, andham mer t, the cam H, secured to the vertical shaft k, passing throughthe tubular screw 0, and the flanged disk or water-wheel I, secured tothe shaft k, and adapted to be rotated by a jet or stream of waterprojected up within the globe disk or Water-wheel, and connected at itsupor casing, all constructed to operate substanper end with thebell-ringing mechanism, all tially in the manner and for the purpose setoperating substantially in the manner and for forth. the purposedescribed. 1

5 4. I11 a Water-jet attachment for soda-Water WVitness our hands this12th day of March,

apparatus, the combination,with the globe or A. D. 1884.

casing A, and the cap 13, having mounted A JOHN BROWN. thereon the bellG, of the tubular fastening- JOSEPH H. SHEPHERD. screw 0, with its nutsd e and packing f, and In presence of- IO the shaft k, extending throughsaid tubular P. E. TESCHEMAOHER,

screwand carrying at its lower end a flanged XV. J. CAMBRIDGE.

